Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Altairnano) has announced it had been awarded a firm contract with the Hawai'i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa to supply a 1MW ALTI-ESS energy storage system for a test of wind energy integration.
The system will be installed at the Hawi wind farm on the island of Hawai'i and connected to the Hawai'i Electric Light Company (HELCO) utility grid. The equipment purchase and associated service contracts, valued at approximately US$ 1.8 million, require Altairnano to build, ship, install and commission its ALTI-ESS advanced energy storage system, and provide technical support and system monitoring and reporting over a period of three years. The project is expected to be operational by the third quarter of 2011. The research project, funded through a grant from the Office of Naval Research, is designed to test the performance characteristics of the battery system and to demonstrate the effectiveness of battery storage technology to integrate wind energy into an electric grid.
The system will be installed at the Hawi wind farm on the island of Hawai'i and connected to the Hawai'i Electric Light Company (HELCO) utility grid. The equipment purchase and associated service contracts, valued at approximately US$ 1.8 million, require Altairnano to build, ship, install and commission its ALTI-ESS advanced energy storage system, and provide technical support and system monitoring and reporting over a period of three years. The project is expected to be operational by the third quarter of 2011. The research project, funded through a grant from the Office of Naval Research, is designed to test the performance characteristics of the battery system and to demonstrate the effectiveness of battery storage technology to integrate wind energy into an electric grid.
